Police investigate shooting at Hotel Albuquerque

Albuquerque police said a person was shot Tuesday evening at Hotel Albuquerque near downtown.

Police are trying to piece together what happened outside the historic Hotel Albuquerque Tuesday afternoon in Old Town. But right now, it's a bit of a mystery.

"When officers arrived, they found one subject an adult male, very young maybe early 20's who sustained a gun shot wound," Officer Robert Gibbs said.

Gibbs said the shot was through-and-through to the upper left arm. The victim didn't have any identification on him, and whoever shot him wasn't around.

"We were initially told that a car was seen speeding from the scene," he said.

Detectives identified three crime scenes in the parking lot. The first one was on the south side where they found a shell casing. The second was were police found a cell phone and a stocking cap, said Gibbs. The third crime scene was outside the hotel's front doors where hotel staff found the victim, bleeding.

But getting information will be a challenge.

"He wasn't being very cooperative with us and we don't have any witnesses," said Gibbs. "So we're kind of just trying to at least establish some sort of dialogue with the victim."

One hotel guest, who didn't want to talk on camera, told Action 7 News the front lobby was also taped off. The guest was in a conference at the time, heard a loud scuffle.

Police said the victim was not a hotel guest, and it was not clear why he was there in the first place.

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